Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1959 –
His keeping is poor
Personally I think that's redundant, Wade was labelled sub-par before he even debuted, and it's stuck with him ever since despite a obvious massive improvement in his keeping especially up to the stumps. Right now he's at least the equal of Paine in keeping and may even be better, a better captain as well and in general under Langer and Paine our tactics have been very poor. But Wade won't have Paine's patience to deal with the likes of Kohli, Wade will butt heads before negotiation. I'm not sure anyone else in Australian cricket would have Paine's patience and smarts when it comes to sledging.
btw., If you want to pick a pure keeper neither of them are the best in the land, some of the young kids coming through are extraordinary but their keeping is well below the grade! That's not to say CA shouldn't take a long term view!